Updated On: 12 October, 2019 07:36 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Gearing up for Saand Ki Aankh's clash with friend Akshay Kumar's Housefull 4, Taapsee Pannu assesses her meteoric rise over the past year

Taapsee Pannu. Pic/ PTI
Taapsee Pannu deserves as much credit as director Tushar Hiranandani for seeing Saand Ki Aankh through to the finish line. Among the first few to hop on board, the actor found the film when she was actively seeking a two-heroine project. Two years and rejections from several leading ladies later, Pannu found her match in Bhumi Pednekar. The idea of a catfight couldn't be further from their minds; after all, the two had "a bigger battle" to fight. "We had the uphill task of making people believe that projects led by women can be commercially successful. Bhumi and I knew that we are on the same team. I have always happily co-existed with most of my colleagues, so bickering was never on the radar," smiles Pannu.
Akshay Kumar in Housefull 4